Walking into Missions Conference 2025 was a bittersweet experience. All of the beauty surrounding Missions Conferences, from the worship to the prayer to the learning, was often overshadowed by the fact that I am a graduating senior and this one will be my last Missions Conference. SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT Missions...

A few weeks ago, I attended a protest called “March for Dignity: Protect our Immigrant Siblings” attended by faith communities committed to the protection of immigrants. As I walked amongst the people of faith, their love and fervor for justice and mercy left an impression on me. As a Christian,...

As Christian women in academics, female Biola students may find themselves struggling to reconcile career goals with their spiritual community — not because these two things are irreconcilable, but because we’ve seen a steep increase in Christian social media influencers supporting the “tradwife”...

When I was a little kid, one of my earliest memories was one of my birthdays, where I was sitting cross-legged on the floor in my parents’ bedroom — the only room in the house with a digital clock. It was early morning and I couldn’t hold myself still, bouncing up and down with eager anticipation...

Biola’s Student Government Association’s (SGA) Constitution preamble evokes language similar to the famous preamble of the US Constitution: “We, the students of Biola University, aim to advance the interests and well-being of our student body. To this end, we entrust our power in chosen representatives.”  The...

Should women be allowed to become pastors? Is it biblical for them to assume leadership roles within the church? Questions like these are at the heart of the Christian gender debate, which is the debate regarding the equality of men and women in accordance with God’s word. The Talbot School of Theology’s...

Over the summer, Biola decided to cut the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) division as a result of the rampant budget cuts happening all over campus. In the email sent to all of campus on June 4. 2024, the President’s Office stated this change and that, “we will be strengthening our biblical mission...

Like many Angelenos, my family and I watched the news on the night of Tuesday, Jan. 7, in utter disbelief and sadness as our city was engulfed by various brush fires that burned throughout the city. Pacific Palisades and Pasadena were both communities that I had personal connections to. Many of my core...

On Tuesday night of Nov. 5, viewers watched as a wave of red dominated both the popular vote and the electoral college — giving Trump a sweeping win. This utterly shocked many, since not only were poll numbers for the two presidential candidates running incredibly close leading up to the election,...

As a Roman Catholic student, I’ve felt compelled to bring to light a divisiveness between followers of Jesus from different denominational backgrounds that I’ve sensed on campus. While they are few in number, Roman Catholics among other students from religious denominations like Anglicans, Lutherans...

Picture this: a massive game of tug-of-war between two political parties. On one side, we have the liberal left; on the other, the conservative right. They each grab an end of the rope and begin pulling. In the center of that rope is a knot. Each side thinks if they can just pull hard enough, if they...

If there was one thing that you would want everyone to know about yourself, what would it be? Would it be the car that you drive, the awards you’ve received, or the school you go to? Well, I had the privilege of asking Biola University’s Chief of Campus Safety, John Ojeisekhoba Sr., that same question....